Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-07-23
AFFAIRS.

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brush, scrub well and dry thoroughly.
Japanned trays can be polished with a
little powdered whiting or dry -four, all
of it being rubbed off with a soft
cloth.
Rugs should be lightly shaken every
day if they are small, and brushed with
q small broom daily when they are too
la,gc to be frequently shaken.
Never pour hot water into a glass I'M
less it contains a spoon; this will serve
as a conductor for the heat of the water
and lessen the risk of breakage.
Ragmutlins: Make a dough as for bis
cult, roll half an inch thick, spread with
butter, sugar. cinnamon; roll up and cut
off from the end the size of biscuit; bake
quickly.
Mirrors can be polished with a soft
cloth wet with a few drops Of ammonia.
The sun should not be allowed to fall on
mirrors, because its rays affect the metallic
coating on the glass.
How to beat cake: Beat from the bot.
tom of the mixing bowl with a wooden
spoon, bringing it up full and high with
each stroke, and as soon as the ingrcdi-
ents are fairly and smoothly mixed stop
beating, or your cake will be tough.
To iron table cloths without creasing
them, roll them upon a long curtain roll
er as fast as they are ironed dry, begin
ming at one end. A Canton 1annel cloth
under the linen one makes the table cloth
look we'll, and saves spots upon the
table.
snow-drops: One cup of butter, two
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small cup of milk, three full cups of pre-
pared flour; flavor with vanilla and nut
meg. Bake i'll small round tins. Those
in the shape of tluted shells are very
pretty.
Ginger Snaps: Two cups of molasses,
one cup of sugar, one and one-half cups
of melted lard, two-thirds Of a cup of
cold water, two tcaspoonfuls Of salaratus,
two t~easpoonfuls of ginger, and one of
salt, and flour enough to roll thin. Bake
in Il quick oven.
MoIasses Cookies: One cup butter, two
cups moIa>ses, one tcaspoonful cloves,
one tablespoonful ginger, sufficient flour
to make a stiff batter, not dough. Mold
with the hands into small cakes and bake
in a steady rather han quick oven, as
they are apt to burn.
When to water house plants: If dust
can be worked up with tte finger the
plant needs water. Tap the pot with the
knuckle>. If it has a sharp, hollow sound
or ring, the earth is dry. The weight of
the pot also shows whether the plant re-
quires water, wet soil, of course, being
much heavier than dry.
How to make a good omelet: Beat the
yelks and the whites Of the eggs scpar-
atciy; melt Il tablespoonful of butter in
a tcacup of warm milk, to which add
& aduaily a tablespoonful OF flour, a lit
tie salt and pepper; add the ycIks Of the
eggs, and then add the whites. Bake
Immediately in "a flat pan creased with
butter.
In furnishing houses, pictures for
adornin9 the walls should not be forgot
ten. There is such a variety of beautiful
engrayings and etchings that arc within
the reach of all, and the framing Of them
costs such a %trific, it is a crying shame
that the walls of so many of our homes
are decorated with the pictures of the
chrome variety or not at all.
Milk bread: 1t is now recommended
that milk shall be used in making bread.
A pint Of it in the ordinary loaf, instead
of water, adds some solid nutriment to
the meal, and is a great Improvement.
Milk bread does not keep fresh as long
as water bread, but it is delicious when
fresh, and perhaps all the more whole
some for drying quickly.
GRADUATED wheat gems: Stir two and
one-half cups of fine granulated wheat
slowly into a liquid formed of one cup of
watur AND ono VI NJ mil l. coacnno1 Nth
> a s~altspoonful Of salt; then beat rapidly
until the arm is weary, and fill very hot
iron gem pans we'll buttcred, giving the
batter a beating while filling, and bake
Immediately in a hot oven.
Curried eggs: Boil three eggs twenty
minutes, then remove the shells and cut
into slices. Fry a bit of onion in a little
butter and add a tablespoonful of corn
starch mixed with a s~altspoonful of curry
powder; pour on slowly t~hree-quarters of
a cup of milk, seasoning with salt and
butter to taste, and simmer until the
onion IS soft. Add the eggs, and serve
when they are thoroughly heated.
Corn gems: Take a quart of coarse
corn-meal, scald half of it at night with
boiling water, and let it cool to blood
heat then add the other half of the meal,
and with it 4 handful of coarse graham:
then mix with tepid water, forming a bat
ter that will drop easily from the spoon.
Let it stand i'll a warm place till morning,
then dip into creased gem pans. we'll
heated, and bake III a quick oven thirty
minutes.
Corn starch cake: One cup of butter
worked to a cream with two cups of
sugar; one cup Of milk IN which is dis
solved one tca>poonful Of soda. two cups
OF flour, in rl* 7 j. Siftcd two ~ttaspaon-
us OF cream Of tartar; the whites only.
OF six eggs, beaten TO a stiff fr,;h. Mix
all these ingredients well. thea add one
cup Of corn starch. Beat we'll. Bake in
4 moderate oven. VIII make one large
loaf.
4 Thirty-Fise-Foot shark.
On Monday last the American Fishing